Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-05-21
PUSSY HOUSEKEEPERS.
Women Who Make Themselves Unhappy
by Worrying Over Triiies.

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by Worrying Over Triles.
A woman may be a good housckecp-
cr without being II fussy one. There
is nothing so trying to the nerves of a
person as m of these fussy people in
II family, She never rests herself nor
allows any one else to rest. She is
always in a continual worry for fear
something is out of place. Each arti-
Gle of furniture is arranged in just
such u way, so that Il person going
away to be gone some time may return
at the end of a year OF two and find
every thing in the same place that it
was on the day Of departure. The
curtains on all the windows must be
pulled down to the same level, unless
when the sun mods his golden head ut
one of the windows, then down comes
that blind full length, directly in the
friendly face of this genial fellow. No
spcck Of dust eve finds a resting-placc
in her house, neither does a ray of sun
light. Both are mwelcome visitors,
and she does not encourage them to
enter.
When a visitor comes to the house
her nerves are put to a hard trial, fol
she Fan not sit still for any length Of
time, but will jump up in the midst of
some story that the guest is telling to
arrange the table-cover that seems one
| sided, then the conversation will 90 on
until her sharp eyes catch sight of Il
thread on the carpet, and for her there
can be no peace of mind until it is re-
moved. AT the risk of offending her
caller she again arises, by so doing
very often breaking the thread of the
conversation, and picks up the obnox-
ious i%iritant. The visitor very Justly
remarks here: "Why don't you rest u
little while, you always seem to be
working; | never see you sitting
down. 'Oh," replies the h~ousckccp-
er, a don't have any time, | am work
ing all the time, and | am never really
DONE
Very few callers feel at all at their
ease while visiting such II person, and
if they are at all lik the writer of this
article, they feel, To use II homcly ex-
preston, 'likc Il cat in Il strange gar
ret"
Women with large families are sell
dom fussy housckccpcrs, for even if
they are so inclined their many duties
will not permit them the time to fuss
over little things, which is extremely
fortunate for themselves and their fam
lilies.
There is no necessity for n woman to
be all the time worrying wei such
trilles as spccks of dust. She can he a
good housekcepcr and her house be in
any thing but disorder, without carry
ing a buster all the time in her hand,
or without shutting out the sunlight,
even though its brightness makes the
furniture look dingy and she has to lay
down II paper where the rays are in
danger of fading the carpet.
"a place for every thing and every
thing in its place" is a good rule by
which to work, generally, but there are
some things for which it is hard to find
a place, and one of these is dust. The
best receptacle for this article is a damp
duster, which may be washed out east
ly, but wen this will not hold all the
dust in the room, and after a thorough
cleaning of the furniture there will
still be some about that will settle on
the cleansed articles. Let il lie there;
1t will do no harm; bettert that il should
be at rest than floating through tho
room. waiting to be breathcd in by
some of the inmates of the house. -
Boston Bnfgct.